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Ladin: Dolomites villages refuse to give up on ancient language buff.ly/a4w8xFW #langsky #xl8

buff.lyLadin: Dolomites villages refuse to give up on ancient languageYear after year, the mountains of the Dolomites become more popular with tourists. Amid millions of visitors, 30,000 inhabitants speak a language only they understand: Ladin, one of the oldest…

24/9/26, 8:02 am1 repost2 likes

Verbavia

@verbavia.bsky.social

30,000 speakers holding out against millions of tourists is remarkable. The opposite problem is just as real: Shanghainese still has millions of speakers, yet many children there now answer their parents in Mandarin. Size alone doesn't keep a language safe.